Exercising the Right
Heller II
Gun-rights advocates cheered when the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller that declared there is a constitutionally protected “individual right” to possess a firearm for private use and struck down the D.C. gun ban. That statement was ground-breaking, since liberal collectivists had argued the opposite for years and used this argument to support their gun-banning laws as 100 percent constitutional. To these fervent anti-gunners, the Founders were closet Marxists who believed only in “positive rights” — rights decided upon and granted by a benevolent, powerful central government — and a disarmed citizenry.
Alas those progressive, true believers in gun bans did not stop after what they viewed as minor setback. The D.C. City Council simply enacted a new firearms registration scheme that critics argue is nearly as oppressive as the original law. The pro-gun organization Gun Owners of America (GOA) is challenging the new D.C. gun law because, as GOA puts it in their press release, “What good does it do if the Court says you have an ‘individual right’ to own a gun, but the city in which you live is still allowed to impose draconian restrictions which will cost you hundreds of dollars just so you can exercise that right?” Supreme Court observers believe that the gun-phobic liberals might be facing another disappointing loss as gun rights are again recognized by our highest court.
How About an AK-47 With That New Truck?
The newswire service AFP reported on November 15 that a “truck dealer and gun-rights supporter in Florida has tripled his sales by offering a free AK-47 assault rifle to all new buyers.” Nick Ginetta, of Nations Trucks, told the news that his sales have skyrocketed with the new promotion and that in the last four days he handed out 21 vouchers for AK-47s that can be used at a nearby gun shop where he has reserved 100 of the assault rifles.
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